Flip Wilson Quotes & Sayings

#1. When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.

#2. My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

#3. My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.

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#4. With all the trouble black people have, they try to forget on weekends. You've got to be good to make them laugh.

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#5. The devil made me do it.

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#6. Funny is an attitude.

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#7. Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em.

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#8. Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.

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#9. Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

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#10. Being your own man does not mean taking advantage of anyone else.

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#11. My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?

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#12. You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

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#13. Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.

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#14. Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

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#15. I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.

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